A sheet of floating ice broke away while the individuals were snowmobiling, according to the Coast Guard. Authorities used a Coast Guard Station Marblehead airboat and an Air Station Detroit helicopter to rescue the stranded group, the Coast Guard said earlier in a tweet. A"good Samaritan" with an airboat also assisted with the operation.A NOAA satellite image shows the lake before the crack appeared.
The helicopter lifted seven people, the Coast Guard airboat rescued four and the person helping with another airboat rescued the other seven, the Coast Guard said. Read MoreNo one needed medical attention, according to the news release."There's no such thing as safe ice, but people can mitigate their risks," said Lt. j.g. Jeremiah Schiessel with the Coast Guard Sector Detroit."Always be sure to tell someone where you're going and when you expect to be back.
I believe I caught them just as they headed over Lake Erie ! This was taken right around 2:00pm yesterday
I hope everybody will be home free, safe, thanks to the superb work of the US Coast Guard.
Tax payer money spent on rescuing morons from icebergs, mountains and the forest. Leave them there.
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In canada on lake Erie we call it fucking spring
What they were doing on an ice sheet in the first place
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That is not good
Stupid is as stupid does - Darwin was right....
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Should rescuse
All have been rescued and are safely off the ice.
Pay for that rescue
there went 2 or 3 million for goof rescue
I live in the South so I can't relate to this, but I have never understood the desire to fish through a hole in the ice.
Eighteen people have been rescued from an ice floe that separated from land near Catawba Island in Lake Erie, the US Coast Guard said
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They must be illegal migrants from India?
Helping 5 people pay for their bills and groceries,if you need help with your bills send me a DM
WHY BOTHER TO SAVE IDIOTS?
They aint rescue that boy from that cave tho smh
They were warned. Rescue them and charge them. Say goodbye to your stuff
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The “Do not walk on ice” signs didn’t work then?
Surprise surprise it’s coming from CNN 🙄
Growing up on the shores of Lake Erie, there were two winter rules: 1. Don't go out on the lake ice. 2. Don't go out on the lake ice.
Well that was stupid.
It's a good day in the world when 'breaking news' is 20 people floating on an ice cube in a giant lake.
Oh look someone else got saved so we won’t be.
local weather forecaster warned about this earlier today they told people to stay off the ice today large crack in ice could be seen on satellite, winds out of the SW made ideal conditions for separation
'It's because of global warming!' ...no, it's because it's Lake Erie, not the Arctic Circle.
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